HMS Gloucester (1709)

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British-White-Ensign-1707.svg Great Britain
NameHMS Gloucester
BuilderBurchett, Rotherhithe
Launched25 July 1709
Captured26 October 1709, by the French
Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg France
Acquired26 October 1709
General characteristics [1]
Class and type 1706 Establishment 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen923 bm
Length144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam38 ft (11.6 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 8 in (4.8 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • 60 guns:
  • Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Rotherhithe according to the 1706 Establishment, and launched on 25 July 1709. [1]

Gloucester's career with the Royal Navy was brief, for on 26 October 1709, she was captured by French forces off Cape Clear Island. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.
  2. Ships of the Old Navy, Gloucester.

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